[CIVIL WAR LETTER] CHARLES MORFOOT, 101st OHIO INFANTRY, 1864
Corporal / 1st Lieutenant Charles Morfoot; Illustrated by A substantial Civil War letter with interesting and quite vivid content written by Charles Morfoot, 101st Ohio Infantry Volunteers, on June 26, 1864 at Altoona Pass, Georgia to his wife Elizabeth back home in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. It’s orange envelope has a pink 3 cent stamp with the bust of George Washignton and is postmarked “Nashville, July 7, 1864”. Morfoot had been a bricklayer and enlisted in August, 1862. He saw action at Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Franklin and Nashville (see Dyer, p. 1541). The letter is written on ledger paper that is approximately 5 x 3” and was stitched together at the corner. It is in legible pencil, and is 6 leaves, or 12 pages. ~Some highlights include: “We are on the front line and on the skirmish line it has been more civil last night than usual there was not much shooting all night, we have to keep lo in our ditches. We had lots fun talking with the reb skirmish line at night” || “...they have broke up Morgan’s Band and captured half his command and retaken most of his prisoners” || “...our regiment loss some, I think not more than 8 or 10, we were not on the front line. our loss is heavy altogether they have been carrying off wounded ever since it commenced and are still there are not more than one hundred men at that work. I judge our loss altogether at one thousand. It was attacked at 3 different places.” || “...it is hard for our wounded. Many living in the hot sun a long time and many perhaps that we can’t get at for our men went right up to their works. One color barer was bayoneted on the works and their color captured. I think this is a lesson for our Generals not to charge on works of that kind some of them I know was killed, General Harker.” || “One think more our Lieut. got a bullet through his beard and his thumb and skinned it a little. I was lying near him, one other of our Co. has a hole shot through his coat collar.”~~
Illustrated by: A substantial Civil War letter with interesting an. A substantial Civil War letter with interesting and quite vivid content written by Charles Morfoot, 101st Ohio Infantry Volunteers, on June 26, 1864 at Altoona Pass, Georgia to his wife Elizabeth back home in Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio. It’s orange envelope has a pink 3 cent stamp with the bust of George Washignton and is postmarked “Nashville, July 7, 1864”. Morfoot had been a bricklayer and enlisted in August, 1862. He saw action at Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Franklin and Nashville (see Dyer, p. 1541). The letter is written on ledger paper that is approximately 5 x 3” and was stitched together at the corner. It is in legible pencil, and is 6 leaves, or 12 pages. ~Some highlights include: “We are on the front line and on the skirmish line it has been more civil last night than usual there was not much shooting all night, we have to keep lo in our ditches. We had lots fun talking with the reb skirmish line at night” || “...they have broke up Morgan’s Band and captured half his command and retaken most of his prisoners” || “...our regiment loss some, I think not more than 8 or 10, we were not on the front line. our loss is heavy altogether they have been carrying off wounded ever since it commenced and are still there are not more than one hundred men at that work. I judge our loss altogether at one thousand. It was attacked at 3 different places.” || “...it is hard for our wounded. Many living in the hot sun a long time and many perhaps that we can’t get at for our men went right up to their works. One color barer was bayoneted on the works and their color captured. I think this is a lesson for our Generals not to charge on works of that kind some of them I know was killed, General Harker.” || “One think more our Lieut. got a bullet through his beard and his thumb and skinned it a little. I was lying near him, one other of our Co. has a hole shot through his coat collar.”~~.
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Corporal / 1st Lieutenant Charles Morfoot,
A substantial Civil War letter,
interesting and quite vivid content,
interesting,
quite vivid content,
101st Ohio Infantry Volunteers Charles Morfoot,
Ohio. It’s orange envelope has a. pink 3 cent stamp,
Crawford County,
Georgia to his wife Elizabeth back home in Bucyrus,
1864 at Altoona Pass,
on June 26,
the bust of George Washignton,
July 7 is postmarked “Nashville,
1864”. Morfoot had been a. bricklayer,
1862. He saw action at Perryville enlisted in August,
Franklin,
Jonesboro,
Kennesaw Mountain,
Resaca,
Chickamauga,
Murfreesboro,
Nashville . The letter is written on ledger paper that is approximately 5 x. 3”,
was stitched together at the corner. It is in legible pencil,
or 12 pages. ~Some highlights include: “We are on the front line is 6 leaves,
we have to keep lo in our ditches. We had lots fun talking on the skirmish line it has been more civil last night than usual there was not much shooting all night,
the reb skirmish line at night” || “.. they have broke up Morgan’s Band,
captured half his command,
I. think not more than 8 or 10 retaken most of his prisoners” || “.. our regiment loss some,
we were not on the front line. our loss is heavy altogether they have been carrying off wounded ever since it commenced,
are still there are not more than one hundred men at that work. I. judge our loss altogether at one thousand. It was attacked at 3 different places.” || “.. it is hard for our wounded. Many living in the hot sun a. long time,
many perhaps that we can’t get at for our men went right up to their works. One color barer was bayoneted on the works,
General Harker.” || “One think more our Lieut. got a. bullet through his beard their color captured. I. think this is a. lesson for our Generals not to charge on works of that kind some of them I. know was killed,
his thumb,
one other of our Co. has a. hole shot through his coat collar.”~~ skinned it a. little. I. was lying near him,
p. 1541 see Dyer
![Item #300671 [CIVIL WAR LETTER] CHARLES MORFOOT, 101st OHIO INFANTRY, 1864. Corporal / 1st Lieutenant Charles Morfoot, A substantial Civil War letter, interesting and quite vivid content, interesting, quite vivid content, 101st Ohio Infantry Volunteers Charles Morfoot, Ohio. It’s orange envelope has a. pink 3 cent stamp, Crawford County, Georgia to his wife Elizabeth back home in Bucyrus, 1864 at Altoona Pass, on June 26, the bust of George Washignton, July 7 is postmarked “Nashville, 1864”. Morfoot had been a. bricklayer, 1862. He saw action at Perryville enlisted in August, Franklin, Jonesboro, Kennesaw Mountain, Resaca, Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, Nashville . The letter is written on ledger paper that is approximately 5 x. 3”, was stitched together at the corner. It is in legible pencil, or 12 pages. ~Some highlights include: “We are on the front line is 6 leaves, we have to keep lo in our ditches. We had lots fun talking on the skirmish line it has been more civil last night than usual there was not much shooting all night, the reb skirmish line at night” || “.. they have broke up Morgan’s Band, captured half his command, I. think not more than 8 or 10 retaken most of his prisoners” || “.. our regiment loss some, we were not on the front line. our loss is heavy altogether they have been carrying off wounded ever since it commenced, are still there are not more than one hundred men at that work. I. judge our loss altogether at one thousand. It was attacked at 3 different places.” || “.. it is hard for our wounded. Many living in the hot sun a. long time, many perhaps that we can’t get at for our men went right up to their works. One color barer was bayoneted on the works, General Harker.” || “One think more our Lieut. got a. bullet through his beard their color captured. I. think this is a. lesson for our Generals not to charge on works of that kind some of them I. know was killed, his thumb, one other of our Co. has a. hole shot through his coat collar.”~~ skinned it a. little. I. was lying near him, p. 1541 see Dyer.](https://blackswanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/300671.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1785180742)
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